Pipe-support.



I. A. MINNIOK.

PIPE SUPPORT. APPLIGATION FILED M1117, 1910.

Patented May g, 2.92.1.

UNITED JSTATE A NT F E- IRA A, IvIINNIex, or INnIANAroLIs, INDIANA;- ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAL DRY K LN COMPANY, 01 INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, A CORPORATION OF INDIANA.

H Y ,rIrn-sorronr r To all whom it moy concern:

Be it known that I, IRA A. MINNICK, a citizen-ofthe United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Pipe-Support, of which the follow ing is a specification.

The object ofmy invention is to produce a device by means of which two series of pipes alternately placed, may be supported at different levels in such n'iannerthat any pipe of either series may be readily removed without disturbing'thc adjacent pipes'of the other series. I

The accompanying drawings illustratemy invent-ion. I

F igure- 1 is a perspective view of improved pipe support with two seriesof pipes in position, bntwith the near ends omitted in order to show the support more clearly; Fig. 2 a perspective view of one of the supports; Fig, 3a perspective of a slightly modified form; a nd Fig. 4. a front elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 1;

' In the drawings, 10 indicatesa sup 'iorting beam or frame which. in practice, may be conveniently made from an ordinary commercial channel iron which will form the direct support for the lower series of pipes 11.

Mounted upon bezim it) between each two adjacent pipes ll, is'an individual pipe'supiortin" standard 13 in the uner end of l 3-! which is formed a pipe rewiving pocket 14.

"At the lower end standard 1 is laterally extended at 15, 15 so as to form a pair of oppositely extending wings which project under and engage the pipes 11 although preferably this projection is of such character that the weight of the pipes will not rest upon the projecting wings. The base of the pipe supporting standard 13 will be so formed as to rest firmly upon the upper face of the beamlO and it is desirable that some means he provided to keep the standard in place upon thebeain. v l or this purpose, I provide each slamlaflhat-its middle with a depending pin ltiwh-ich is adapledto enter a properly placed perforation I? which is formed through the upper web of the beam 10. In order to prevent the standards from Specification of Lettersratent. t t May 9, 19 1, Application filed November 17, 1910. Serial No. 592,860.

turning while the pipes are being placed, I also provide each standard with a'dependin'g finger 18 so placed with relation to pin 16 as to just drop over the edge of the beam 10.

If desired, only the end standards 13 need be 5 provided with the depending pins 16 and the sists of a thin main plate or web with which the Wings 15 are integrally formed and that stability in the other direction is obtained by laterally extending wings 19, it) which carry the lingers l8 and lie substantially parallel with the pipes. It will also be noticed that the main body of the standard is'somewhat narrowed below the upper pipe pocket, so that, while the standards may be placed so close together that the space between the uppcrends of the pockets will be substantially equal to or perhaps a little less than the diameter of the pipes ll, yet said pipes may be readily intrmluccd between the narrowed portions by slight tilting of adjacent standards; this construction facilitating assembly-and witln-lrawal of the pipes.

The device is especially designed for use in erection ol" piping for dry kilns and it will be noticed that any pipe of the lower seriesmay be readily withdrawn without disturbingthe pipes oft-lie upper series.

[claim as my invention:

A pipe'su'pport. com-prisin; aunain supwrlinglmgly, and a -plnrality of individual pipe standards del'm-hably mounted in spaced .iaelation upon said main support, each of said .standards having a pipe sockel 'il'i, its

'up n-.r.i-nd and each providedat its lower and with laterally extending wlngs which pass into the space between the main supportand pipes mounted on saul main support at; each side of the standard thereby preventing tilting of each individnal 'sup-' this ninth da yd f'November, A. D.- one thouport by engagement with the pipes mounted sand nine hundred and ten.

on the main support each of sald standards v I 7 having a depending pin formed to enter a- IRA MINNICK1- v. 5 perforation formed inthe main'support. Witnesses:

In witness whereof; I have hereunto set -ARTH.UR M. H001),

my hand and seal at Indianapolis, Indiana, FRANK A. FAHLE'. 

